Mine detail: Fluorite Prospect

Previously called 'Virginia Prospect'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

38.3269, -113.16524

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Shauntee Quartz Monzonite
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Intrusives Undifferientiated
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Structure:	Colorado Plateau/Basin And Range Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hingeline, Eastward Dipping Homocline (Star Range) Believed To Be Part Of An Eastward Moving Thrust Plate.
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	D005809
DEP	10101623
Reference	{Deposit:: ABOU-ZIED, S, AND WHELAN, J A, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DISTRICT, BEAVER CO, UT, UGMS SPEC S 46}{Deposit:: GEOLOGY OF THE MILFORD AREA, 1973; UTAH GEOL ASSOC PUBL 3.}{Deposit:: PERRY, L I, 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT #22.}{Deposit:: 1913 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #80}{Deposit:: BAETCKE, G B, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV OF UTAH P HD THESIS.}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B S, USGS PP #111}{Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J L, BYU STUDIES V 9}{Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A V USGS BULL 1135-B}{Deposit:: 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL #3}{Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SS #46}{Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UT GEOL AND MIN SUR}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.